бежать кого-то

I had a question about the poetical syntax and grammar of this sentence in a translation of a French poem by Verlaine: "Любовь, / Давно бегу ее в презренье молчаливом." It appears that "ее," either in the accusative or genitive case, is acting as an object (rather than a possessive--i.e., "her contempt") owing to its place in the sentence. Since there's no "от ее," it's unclear, however, though I imagine it's possible it's some kind of archaic or obsolete way of saying "бежать от кого-то." Unfortunately, the translation doesn't follow the French original directly, so there's no help there in unraveling what the meaning of "ее" is in this sentence, which is essentially my question. I would post the link to the poem in translation, but new members aren't allowed to post links... oh, well. The line seems complete in itself.

In regular Russian that phrase could have been sounded like "Давно бегу от неё в презренье молчаливом".

The translator was a poet himself and definitely had his own weird poetical understanding of language, rhythm and style.
If someone knows French, you can suggest your versions here's the original: L’Amour, je voudrais bien qu’on ne m’en parlât plus.